Tag: Mike Haridopolos

UPDATE: Senate President Mike Haridopolos also says “no” to a special committee on the use of the “stand your ground” law.

“The Senate President feels that Governor Scott is currently taking all of the appropriate steps to address the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin. Additionally, the Senate President is confident that the circumstances surrounding this shooting will be closely examined by lawmakers, and if the Senate concludes that laws …

A split Senate shot down a controversial “parent trigger” bill on a 20-20 tie vote on the final day of the legislative session in a defeat for Senate GOP leaders, including Senate President Mike Haridopolos.

It’s at least the second high-profile measure backed by Haridopolos and his leadership team defeated by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans, who also banded together to stop a prison privatization measure earlier this session.

UPDATE: Fourteen years after he was critically injured after a Broward Sheriff’s deputy crashed into him, Eric Brody and his family are in line to receive $10.75 million.

Lawmakers in the House and Senate finally settled their differences over the compensation for Brody, one of Senate President Mike Haridopolos’s top priorities, after the chambers traded the bill back-and-forth. The wheelchair-bound Brody and his parents were in the Senate gallery when the …

The Senate gave President Mike Haridopolos a country club membership and heartfelt, bipartisan and lengthy send-off before the unveiling of his portrait, marking the end of the Merritt Island Republican’s two-year tenure at the podium and his 12-year legislative career.

“I’ll miss being in the arena,” Haridopolos, accompanied by his wife Stephanie, children and parents, said. “I’ll miss some of you. But I’ll love being home and I think you can …

Gov. Rick Scott, insurers, chiropractors, masseuses, acupuncturists and consumer advocates are just some of the “special interests” trying to have a say in a personal injury protection overhaul.

And with the House and Senate still far apart in their proposed solutions and just four days left until the legislative session wraps up, Senate President Mike Haridopolos would not rule out the possibility of a special session on the issue.

In an emotional ceremony, Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill compensating wrongly-convicted William Dillon $1.35 million for the 27 years he spent behind bars before DNA evidence exonerated him of a murder conviction.

“On behalf of the state of Florida, I apologize for what’s happened to you,” Scott said at the bill signing ceremony. “What I really appreciate from sitting down with you is that you have such a …